Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 56

The administration’s seizure of real property to allocate it to public benefit without taking the procedures required by law for expropriation. Usurpation. Its effect. Its liability for compensation pursuant to the rules of tort liability and its obligation to make good in full the damage sustained by the injured party. - Landowners’ opening roads on their private lands with the intention of improving them. No compensation is paid for the area of these roads upon expropriation of this area so long as it does not exceed 20% of the subdivided private property, whether expropriation takes place while the land is held by its owner or after its transfer to others. Construction Council Decision No. 1373/248 of 5/3/1956.